Rebecca Alban Hoffberger

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger

Photo courtesy of the American Visionary Art Museum

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger is the founder and director of the internationally renowned American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, which displays the work of self-taught artists who have unconventional visions of art. At the age of 16, she became the first American to work as an apprentice to mime Marcel Marceau in Paris. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger is the founder and director of the internationally renowned American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, which displays the work of self-taught artists who have unconventional visions of art. At the age of 16, she became the first American to work as an apprentice to mime Marcel Marceau in Paris. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2006. (Photo courtesy of the American Visionary Art Museum)

Rebecca Alban Hoffberger is the founder and director of the internationally renowned American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, which displays the work of self-taught artists who have unconventional visions of art. At the age of 16, she became the first American to work as an apprentice to mime Marcel Marceau in Paris. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2006.